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Translingual
Han character
噬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口竹一人 (RHMO), four-corner 68018, composition ⿰口筮)
- bite
- gnaw
- snap at
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 210, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4382
- Dae Jaweon: page 433, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 692, character 5
- Unihan data for U+566C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 噬
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*djads
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| 筮
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*djads
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| 簭
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*djads
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| 澨
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*djads
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| 遾
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*djads
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djads) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 筮 (OC *djads).
Etymology
Sagart (2021c) revises the Old Chinese reconstruction as *m-tet-s, from volitional prefix *m- + a root *tet-s (“to bite”), from which 瘈 (OC *k(ə)-tet-s, “mad; rabid (dog)”) also derives.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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噬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzyejH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*e-s/
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| English
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bite (v.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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噬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11657
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Phonetic
component
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筮
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Rime
group
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祭
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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逝
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Old
Chinese
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/*djads/
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Definitions
噬
- to bite; to gnaw
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
噬
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
噬 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ)
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Vietnamese
Han character
噬: Hán Nôm readings: phè
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